Future-proof still image format?

[Todd Kopriva]

Both of those seem very safe for the foreseeable future.

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Todd Kopriva, Adobe Systems Incorporated
After Effects quality engineering
After Effects team blog
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[Stephen Norrington]

Hi Todd, thanks for that. What’s your feeling also about openEXR as an AE-viable future-proof archive format? It’s significantly smaller than TIFF and the AVCHD material I have today will ultimately go into comps involving 3D far down the road, on a version of AE five years or more from now.

Stephen Norrington

Artproject Independent Production

[Walter Soyka]

I think OpenEXR is a fine idea, too. The format is totally open, is the backbone of many production pipelines, and I expect it to remain well-supported in the industry for the foreseeable future.

Walter Soyka
Principal & Designer at Keen Live
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[Todd Kopriva]

Walter is correct.

Note that I need to be really careful what I say here, since promising (or appearing to promise) functionality far into the future is a tricky legal area for a big software company.

But, yes, OpenEXR is a format that I foresee After Effects importing for a long time.

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Todd Kopriva, Adobe Systems Incorporated
After Effects quality engineering
After Effects team blog
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[Stephen Norrington]

Thanks Walter, Todd, much appreciated and fully understood – no guarantees in life 🙂 – cheers, Stephen

Artproject Independent Production